Kolkata panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 23:45 Jyeshtha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:59 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:14 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:14 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:22
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:24 to 04:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 03:34 – 04:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:14 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:59 – 16:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:00 – 04:59 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:34 – 04:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:14 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:39 – 08:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:20 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:01 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:40 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:34 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:55 Cancer
- 07:55 – 10:06 Leo
- 10:06 – 12:17 Virgo
- 12:17 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:46 Scorpio
- 16:46 – 18:52 Sagittarius
- 18:52 – 20:39 Capricorn
- 20:39 – 22:12 Aquarius
- 22:12 – 23:43 Pisces
- 23:43 – 01:24 next day Aries
- 01:24 – 03:22 next day Taurus
- 03:22 – 04:59 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method